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obama in office. one ad targets nevada voters and features greg anthony who was born in the state. another focuses on unemployment and foreclosures in ohio. and this one. >> over $0.30 of every dollar obama spends is borrowed much of it from countries like china. he is not just wasting money, he is borrowing it and then wasting it. >> that is a huge romney talking point and really one of the only plans we have heard from him is if he is elected we'll crack down on trade. he brought that up on wednesday's debate when he said every federal program will have to pass a test. it is worth borrowing money from china to pay for it. yes, china does hold large amount of u.s. debt but its stake is only 8%. we owe two-thirds of our debt right back to the federal government. romney is also focusing on messages that president obama will raise taxes on middle class by about $4,000 per family. but the obama campaign is firing back and saying that study has nothing to do with the president's policies. fact the preside
obama in office. one ad targets nevada voters and features greg anthony who was born in the state. another focuses on unemployment and foreclosures in ohio. and this one. >> over $0.30 of every dollar obama spends is borrowed much of it from countries like china. he is not just wasting money, he is borrowing it and then wasting it. >> that is a huge romney talking point and really one of the only plans we have heard from him is if he is elected we'll crack down on trade. he brought...
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celebrating it in front of 40 million people. [ laughter ] >> obama: four years ago we went through the worst financial crisis since the great depression. millions of jobs were lost the auto industry was on the brink of collapse the financial system has frozen up and because of the resilience and determination of the american people we have begun to fight our way back. we have seen 5 million jobs in the private sector created. the auto industry has come roaring back and house has begun to rise. but we all know we still have a lot of work to do. so the question is not where we have been but where we're going. governor romney has a perspective that says if we cut taxes, skewed towards the wealthy and roll back regulations, that we'll be better off. i have a different view. i think we have got to invest in education and training. i think it's important for us to develop new sources of energy here in america. that we change our tax code to make sure we're helping small businesses and companies here in the united states, that we take some of the money we're saving as we wind down two wars to
celebrating it in front of 40 million people. [ laughter ] >> obama: four years ago we went through the worst financial crisis since the great depression. millions of jobs were lost the auto industry was on the brink of collapse the financial system has frozen up and because of the resilience and determination of the american people we have begun to fight our way back. we have seen 5 million jobs in the private sector created. the auto industry has come roaring back and house has begun to...
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>> hrc has endorsed president obama. they did so more than a year ago -- more than -- before the respect nominee was even selected, which caused some questions at the time. >> bill: yeah. but it looks like they -- on the issues, just dealing with the issues that they made the right choice -- >> log cabin hasn't endorsed but go proud who is the sort of more right-wing of the two gay organizations did endorse mitt romney, and they held an event last night, with bay buchanan. i'll let you just sit with that one. >> bill: i'm speechless that she is the one that they would choose to speak out for mitt romney on to the lgbt community? >> i'm not sure if she is the liaison -- go proud has a proud history of finding the name that -- they are the group that had ann coulter speak to them. they are nothing, if not headline grabbing. [ laughter ] >> bill: chris good to see you my friend. you can follow chris at buzzfeed, buzzfeed.com or follow him on twitter. @chris geithner. thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> bill: and we'll ta
>> hrc has endorsed president obama. they did so more than a year ago -- more than -- before the respect nominee was even selected, which caused some questions at the time. >> bill: yeah. but it looks like they -- on the issues, just dealing with the issues that they made the right choice -- >> log cabin hasn't endorsed but go proud who is the sort of more right-wing of the two gay organizations did endorse mitt romney, and they held an event last night, with bay buchanan....
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and it's important that president obama hasn't done a proper debate in four years. so he's coming at this with the less time he's had that he did the debate. he was not even the president yet and now he's got to defend his record and talk about what he's done in a way that he hasn't had to over the course of the last four years. governor romney though is in a position where he is -- he's gotta do something different from what he was doing during the primary debates which is not appealing to the base or sort of getting through them without making a big disaster happen but instead, positively proactively appealing to people and making the connection that he hasn't been able to make with large part to the electorate so far. >> john: how does he do that? >> it's a tough question. i'm not sure that i have a better answer than the legion of debate coaches that governor romney has working with him. but he has to -- it seems to make it clear to people that he understands what they're going through in a way that's not simply numbers on a graph. but he needs to do it in a way
and it's important that president obama hasn't done a proper debate in four years. so he's coming at this with the less time he's had that he did the debate. he was not even the president yet and now he's got to defend his record and talk about what he's done in a way that he hasn't had to over the course of the last four years. governor romney though is in a position where he is -- he's gotta do something different from what he was doing during the primary debates which is not appealing to the...
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to expect barack obama to have repaired in four years what took 30 years to undermine is simply absurd even if mr. obama had the majority, the economy would still be in apparel who said that? >> dick cheney. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: no. who said the social darwinist solution put forward by mitt romney and his running mate is not worthy of this nation's history. he has practiced the art of the possible. who said that. >> eleanor clinton. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: no, that was wrong. dan martin st. louis dispatch. would you like me to read more. he approved the seal mission to kill osama bin laden. mr. romney is the very embodiment of what has gone wrong. if more americans were paying attention this election would not even be close. >> yeah. >> stephanie: the atmosphere has been distorted by desperate pluto-crats. will this government be for the many or the few. choose the many choose obama! [ applause ] >> stephanie: thank you. [ cheers ] >> stephanie: okay. okay. that was just happy clapping just to my liking. yay! [ applause ] >> stephanie: you know why i had to do that to cleanse my p
to expect barack obama to have repaired in four years what took 30 years to undermine is simply absurd even if mr. obama had the majority, the economy would still be in apparel who said that? >> dick cheney. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: no. who said the social darwinist solution put forward by mitt romney and his running mate is not worthy of this nation's history. he has practiced the art of the possible. who said that. >> eleanor clinton. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: no, that...
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we talked about the video that president obama was filmed at hampton university five years ago and fox news is going crazy with it, drudge is going crazy with it. i want to hear from you about it. lisa from wisconsin. >> i watched the whole tape. there isn't anything offensive that obama said at all. they're throwing crap on the walls. i have no idea what they were talking about. i have how the republicans think they're down for a while in the midwest. you know, once you have a coke problem, you can't get rid of it. it's like the great lie they're lying to themselves, like denial thing. >> they've got a k-o-c-h problem. that's for sure. >> they'll be down for a while. that means they have hope. it's only going to get worse for them. i don't know how long it will take, but they'll never be up again anywhere, ever. >> lisa, i'm from michigan, so i feel for you there in wisconsin. we've seen ads pulled out of pennsylvania, out of michigan. i hear they're back up in wisconsin. that's maybe to keep paul ryan alive so he has a job in congress right? >> i don't know, i am so scared, everybody
we talked about the video that president obama was filmed at hampton university five years ago and fox news is going crazy with it, drudge is going crazy with it. i want to hear from you about it. lisa from wisconsin. >> i watched the whole tape. there isn't anything offensive that obama said at all. they're throwing crap on the walls. i have no idea what they were talking about. i have how the republicans think they're down for a while in the midwest. you know, once you have a coke...
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in the front row. >> obama: i just want to wish, sweetie, you happy anniversary and let you know a year from now we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> bill: maybe even 50 million people. which prompted mitt romney to get off his first zinger of the night. >> romney: congratulations to you, mr. president on your anniversary. i'm sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine here with me. congratulations. >> bill: there you go. >> a rare moment of real, genuine humor from romney bot. >> bill: it was downhill from there. we're going to have a lot of help getting through the debate. all of you, of course, again your calls at 1-866-55-press. diana, congresswoman from colorado will be joining us as well as dennis van roekel, the president of the national education association. a lot of talk about education last night. a lot of talk about teachers lately. dennis van roekel here to talk about it this morning. we'll talk to reporters on the scene in denver, here in washington, d.c. who have been covering the campaign and covering the debate and take your call.
in the front row. >> obama: i just want to wish, sweetie, you happy anniversary and let you know a year from now we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> bill: maybe even 50 million people. which prompted mitt romney to get off his first zinger of the night. >> romney: congratulations to you, mr. president on your anniversary. i'm sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine here with me. congratulations. >> bill: there you go. >>...
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second of all he took more risks in one single year at bain capital on any given year than have been taken here. i think really his problem is he can't decide who obama is. some days he's a socialist or a capitalist. he needs to make up his mind. the truth is coming out and it will catch up to mitt romney. >> jennifer: there is a ton of material from last night. what drives you most crazy? >> the lie that he told when he said he cared about the middle class. we heard him talking about the 47%. he said it's not my job to care about those people. they don't take responsibility for their lives. you know who do? nearly everyone in the 47% starting with medicaid moms. we've been studying for a month. >> jennifer: what did you learn? >> i've been working with some researchers at afscme and we did some research in your home state of michigan. communicated with 40,000 members of the 47% and when they heard about the medicaid expansion their rights and responsibilities under obama care support for obama care went up 19%. they're ready to take responsibility. get their kids checkup take care o
second of all he took more risks in one single year at bain capital on any given year than have been taken here. i think really his problem is he can't decide who obama is. some days he's a socialist or a capitalist. he needs to make up his mind. the truth is coming out and it will catch up to mitt romney. >> jennifer: there is a ton of material from last night. what drives you most crazy? >> the lie that he told when he said he cared about the middle class. we heard him talking...
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in his word tour earlier this year. we are expecting him to encourage intervening in syria and avoiding defense cuts next year, and working closely with our allies like israel. and he will portray the president obama as not someone who shows enough strength. team obama is fighting back however. and the president is managing to poke a little fun at himself. here he is last night. >> obama: they just perform flaw leslie, fight after fight. i can't always say the same. >> it is the fourth time we have heard the president acknowledge his less than perfect debate performance. more bill press coming up live after the break. stay with us. ♪ viewer for capella university. matter. education is the key. it is the vehicle. it's the way in which we evolve. every journey is different every possibility is unique. but the beginning, the beginning is my craft. i'm an ordinary person striving to achieve extraordinary things. it started with a dream and i'm on my way there. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: casting across the nation on y
in his word tour earlier this year. we are expecting him to encourage intervening in syria and avoiding defense cuts next year, and working closely with our allies like israel. and he will portray the president obama as not someone who shows enough strength. team obama is fighting back however. and the president is managing to poke a little fun at himself. here he is last night. >> obama: they just perform flaw leslie, fight after fight. i can't always say the same. >> it is the...
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for joining us inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> jennifer: so how did we come to a point 236 years into our nation's history when one gender so overwhelmingly sides with a single party and really, i would love your take on what does that mean for our democracy? >> i think what we're seeing now is that the republican party has been taken over by a backlash against all of the social justice movements. against the women's movement. against the civil rights movement, the gay and less lesbian movement. actually, i would like to say especially to my republican women friends these folks are not republicans. a lot of them used to be democrats. and started to lead the republican party when the civil rights act of 1963 passed and so on. so my -- really what's happened is that one party has campaigned against women you know. women have responded to that. >> jennifer: so you're stumping for the president. is president obama a feminist? >> yes i think he's a feminist. we had worked with him in illinois when he was in the state legislature. and he supported all of the issues of equality and he s
for joining us inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> jennifer: so how did we come to a point 236 years into our nation's history when one gender so overwhelmingly sides with a single party and really, i would love your take on what does that mean for our democracy? >> i think what we're seeing now is that the republican party has been taken over by a backlash against all of the social justice movements. against the women's movement. against the civil rights...
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this has gone on all year. they bury the polls and look for the silver linings but now it is incredibly embarrassing because they're telling all of the viewers, none of the polls can be trusted and -- >> stephanie: i can't blame them. >> how would you like to be the head of polling at fox news and -- >> stephanie: i have more bad news. >> telling the viewers you're a schmuck and you don't know what you're doing. >> stephanie: i can't wait for election night. it turns out everything we've been saying is -- do not believe us. >> bouquet of flowers as an apology. >> they have to. poor karl rove will be tearing his hair out if he had any left. >> stephanie: eric boehlert remains in the side sidecar. we continue with the right-wing world right after the commercials. >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." cted. >>stephanie miller challenges the system, now it's your turn. >>it's a little bit of magic. >>connect with "talking liberally with stephanie miller" at facebook.com/stephaniemillershow and on twitter
this has gone on all year. they bury the polls and look for the silver linings but now it is incredibly embarrassing because they're telling all of the viewers, none of the polls can be trusted and -- >> stephanie: i can't blame them. >> how would you like to be the head of polling at fox news and -- >> stephanie: i have more bad news. >> telling the viewers you're a schmuck and you don't know what you're doing. >> stephanie: i can't wait for election night. it...
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more than watched mccain and obama four years ago irks as storied as that race seem to be and the number of people who watched the republican convention and watched him give his speech was around 20 million something. gwen: way more than were able to watch the president the day polling the debate when he seemed to get his voice back on the stump and democrats watching said who's that guy? >> his line was who was mitt romney last night. i don't recognize that mitt romney. but they also didn't recognize that barack obama. >> mitt romney had to be aggressive with the president and also had to remain likable. ben is, in -- again, in looking at those polls -- gwen: a temperament issue. >> and they're in conflict. because when you're aggressive you may not be that attractive. and that was something the president was worried about. so in these insta polls, the cbs one, romney's numbers do you care about a person like me was 40 -- 30 before the debate. after the debate it was in the 60's. so he made up ground with undecided voters on this key question of do you care about me? there is this pool
more than watched mccain and obama four years ago irks as storied as that race seem to be and the number of people who watched the republican convention and watched him give his speech was around 20 million something. gwen: way more than were able to watch the president the day polling the debate when he seemed to get his voice back on the stump and democrats watching said who's that guy? >> his line was who was mitt romney last night. i don't recognize that mitt romney. but they also...
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it was well covered five years ago. the other thing that a democratic and a republican strategist have both pointed out to me is as an opportunity to provide an answer to that secretly recorded video of mitt romney's so-called -- >> okay. so i want to make sure as we report on this, it's very difficult as a media outlet reporting on media, and we know there's a landscape. there's a right wing network, left wing network. sometimes we're accused of being both. by the way, i love that because we're obviously equal opportunity offenders. that is the conservative website is suggesting that part of this is that no one covered this. we went back in our archives. i thought is it possible that really happened? it just didn't make headlines? it made a lot of headlines. wolf blitzer on june 6th, 2007, said this, and had this coverage. look. >> democratic candidate barack obama suggests there is a disconnect and a serious disconnect in the african-american community, and he is invoking the memory of the deadly 1992 los angeles riot
it was well covered five years ago. the other thing that a democratic and a republican strategist have both pointed out to me is as an opportunity to provide an answer to that secretly recorded video of mitt romney's so-called -- >> okay. so i want to make sure as we report on this, it's very difficult as a media outlet reporting on media, and we know there's a landscape. there's a right wing network, left wing network. sometimes we're accused of being both. by the way, i love that...
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while in wisconsin, president obama appeared to have the fighting attitude many felt he lacked. >> whoever was on stage last night was not does not appear to want to be responsible for what he's been selling the last year. >> reporter: some political analysts believe it was an intention by the president not to be so aggressive. and they feel joe biden will more likely be the attacker against paul ryan. >>> governor romney said his controversial remarks about the 48%, he said those comments were wrong. he was talking about his comments that 48% of americans were dependent on the government. he now says they were completely wrong. >> they were great great friends. >> new details about an argument between bay area friends that ended with two of them dead and one behind bars. >> in 90 seconds, giants plus a's in the play offs equals baseball fever. the impact for both sides of the bay. >>> play often fever is gripping both sides of the bay. ktvu's amber lee live in san francisco with how businesses are trying to recapture the magic they last saw during the giant's world series win. >> reporter
while in wisconsin, president obama appeared to have the fighting attitude many felt he lacked. >> whoever was on stage last night was not does not appear to want to be responsible for what he's been selling the last year. >> reporter: some political analysts believe it was an intention by the president not to be so aggressive. and they feel joe biden will more likely be the attacker against paul ryan. >>> governor romney said his controversial remarks about the 48%, he...
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you convincingly demonstrate that americans have had a tough time fiscally in the past four years. i might disagree about the causal relationships about the economic factors you site and the obama administration but i don't argue with your data which means i hope you won't quibble with the new data released just yesterday showing unemployment fell to 7.8% and offering upward recessi revisions of job growth. here's the point, george, after a reasonable start, you went off the rails by writing this, obama's administration is in shambles. yet he is prospering politically. this may not, however, entirely be evidence of the irrationalcy of the electorate, something more benign may be at work. interesting word choice, benign. what you really mean is sinister. you suspect something is amiss even after the president's meager performance in wednesday's debate, he still enjoys a 46% to 44% lead over challenger mitt romney. you see, george, i don't think it's all that much of a paradox. it could be that democrats have effectively linked romney with candidates, elected officials and policies t
you convincingly demonstrate that americans have had a tough time fiscally in the past four years. i might disagree about the causal relationships about the economic factors you site and the obama administration but i don't argue with your data which means i hope you won't quibble with the new data released just yesterday showing unemployment fell to 7.8% and offering upward recessi revisions of job growth. here's the point, george, after a reasonable start, you went off the rails by writing...
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i've been in business for 25 years. i have no idea what you're talking about. >> reporter: critics say obama seemed meek, took too many punches and did not go after romney when he had the chance. today he was trying to rebound, accusing mitt romney of dishonesty. >> the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. the fellow last night said he didn't know anything about that. >> reporter: romney made a surprise appearance at a conservative political action committee. >> i know this is going to be a close-fought battle. we need to win colorado. if we do, we're going to take back the white house. >>> the latest on the giants' off-day workout. and two of the 49ers' division rivals go ahead hundred dollar to head. >>> football had the sporting landscape all to themselves tonight. kevin cobb and arizona came in 4-0. a lot of people said uh-oh! the 49ers has been challenged. but cobb got beat up big-time. for the rams, that is howie long's son
i've been in business for 25 years. i have no idea what you're talking about. >> reporter: critics say obama seemed meek, took too many punches and did not go after romney when he had the chance. today he was trying to rebound, accusing mitt romney of dishonesty. >> the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. the fellow last night said he didn't know anything about that. >> reporter:...
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. >> reporter: four years ago she was swept up by the tide of enthusiasm around candidate barack obama. >> i was an obama mama and i was proud to claim that. >> reporter: not so much now? >> not so much. i'm not as enthused. >> do you think that romney could be that change? >> it could be a change, i just don't know if it would be for the better. >> and i would say no, i'm not better off right now than before. >> reporter: single dad omar lopez came to the u.s. from columbia 13 years ago. now a u.s. citizen, he owns a real estate business in las vegas. surviving one of the most depressed housing markets in the country. he supported president obama four years ago. >> we have to downsize. >> reporter: he too has grown disillusioned. >> one of governor romney's strong suits to you is the business side of you and he knows how to make money and our country needs to start making money. >> reporter: still, mitt romney has yet to win this businessman over. lopez wants specifics, which tax loopholes romney close? what will he do about immigration? >> you're holding out making a decision? >> yes
. >> reporter: four years ago she was swept up by the tide of enthusiasm around candidate barack obama. >> i was an obama mama and i was proud to claim that. >> reporter: not so much now? >> not so much. i'm not as enthused. >> do you think that romney could be that change? >> it could be a change, i just don't know if it would be for the better. >> and i would say no, i'm not better off right now than before. >> reporter: single dad omar lopez...
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four years ago, vice president biden of course debated sarah palin but he will be facing a much different opponent this time around. >> nice to meet you. can i call you joe? >> it started with a warm handshake and smiles all around. a friendly start to the vice presidential debate in 2008, pitting joe biden against relative newcomer to national stage, alaska governor sarah palin. >> john mccain said at 9:00 in the morning that the fundamentals of the economy were strong. 11:00 that same day, two mondays ago, john mccain said that we have an economic crisis. >> we're tired of the old politics as usual and that's why, with all due respect, i do respect your years in the u.s. senate, but i think americans are craving something new and different. >> biden was on his best behavior, carefully aiming his attacks at her running mate, john mccain, not at palin himself. that was by design. >> he had to be careful not to be talking down to her in any way, not only because she didn't have any national experience but also because she was a woman, and both of those things are a little tricky to deal wi
four years ago, vice president biden of course debated sarah palin but he will be facing a much different opponent this time around. >> nice to meet you. can i call you joe? >> it started with a warm handshake and smiles all around. a friendly start to the vice presidential debate in 2008, pitting joe biden against relative newcomer to national stage, alaska governor sarah palin. >> john mccain said at 9:00 in the morning that the fundamentals of the economy were strong. 11:00...
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unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in nearly four years. >> president barack obama: this morning, we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since i took office. >> if the same share of people were participating in the workforce, today, as on the day the president got elected, our unemployment rate would be around 11%. >> president barack obama: today's news certainly is not an excuse to try to talk down the economy. to score a few political points. >> find to have someone elected president who has a plan and will create 12 million jobs and rising incomes. >> that is a serious statement... [cheers and applause]. >> chris: and there will be a lot more fireworks, in these final 30 days, of the campaign. now, a program note: be sure to tune into this fox station an fox news channel for full coverage of this week's vice presidential debate. that is thursday night, at 9:00 p.m and that's it for today. have a great week. and we'll see you next foz sunday. ♪ fox news sunday. ♪ bla have you heard of the new dialing procedure for the 408 and 669 area codes?
unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in nearly four years. >> president barack obama: this morning, we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since i took office. >> if the same share of people were participating in the workforce, today, as on the day the president got elected, our unemployment rate would be around 11%. >> president barack obama: today's news certainly is not an excuse to try to talk down the economy. to score a few...
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you're stuck in the middle of closing arguments of an election year, but the two words that matter most to the middle class, you're hired. and in a moment we will look at whether enough jobs are being added for president obama to keep his job, but i want to start with cnn's chief political correspondent candy crowley. she anchors, of course, "state of the union." candy, tell me why. why is there no middle in washington anymore? >> there is a middle in washington, it's just ever shrinking, and it doesn't get listened to. i could take up your entire hour here as to why this is what it is, but i just want to point out two elections to you. one of them was in 2006 when we had a big wave election. democrats -- sorry, republicans were thrown out of office. which republicans? largely the moderate ones from the northeast. republicans that were in pretty presidentially democratic states. they were thrown out of office, and then we had another wave election in 2010 when people were upset with president obama about health care a number of other things and who got thrown out of office. democrats. w
you're stuck in the middle of closing arguments of an election year, but the two words that matter most to the middle class, you're hired. and in a moment we will look at whether enough jobs are being added for president obama to keep his job, but i want to start with cnn's chief political correspondent candy crowley. she anchors, of course, "state of the union." candy, tell me why. why is there no middle in washington anymore? >> there is a middle in washington, it's just ever...
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first of all, for two years, president obama cut support of u.s. assistance for democracy and civil society in egypt, so those who went to tahrir square saw that the united states wasn't on their side. that was a mistake. two, when the revolt began, joe biden said that mubarak was a democrat. the secretary of state said we're with him and he's a reformer. by the time the u.s. took its position, the demonstrators had been in tahrir square for days, there had been police crackdowns and when we said it was time for mubarak to go, the the reformers had been begun to be crowded out by extremist elements. yes, there's a big difference between anticipating and leading versus not leading, reacting, cutting our traditional support for democracy. that's the record of president obama and that contributed to the mess. >> so, you're saying he should have pushed mubarak out, but done it differently or he shouldn't have done that? >> the people in a country, reagan once said that we should support the march of freedom, but we can't determine its pace. the people
first of all, for two years, president obama cut support of u.s. assistance for democracy and civil society in egypt, so those who went to tahrir square saw that the united states wasn't on their side. that was a mistake. two, when the revolt began, joe biden said that mubarak was a democrat. the secretary of state said we're with him and he's a reformer. by the time the u.s. took its position, the demonstrators had been in tahrir square for days, there had been police crackdowns and when we...
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because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. >> reporter: president obama will hold rallies in virginia and here in cleveland, ohio, friday. his new strategy is to paint mitt romney as a man who can't be trusted. the president is also attacking romney's comment from the debate that he would stop federal funding for pbs. >> thank goodness somebody is finally cracking down on big bird. >> i saw the president's vision as trickle down government. i don't think that's what america believes in. >> reporter: romney campaigns friday in virginia and florida. danielle nottingham. >> 33 days to the election. some voters won't have the luxury of a neighborhood polling place. they live in mandatory mail in areas. typically those are rural precincts. not always. some are inside cities and it's the ballot that's to blame. >> we have 151 ballot items for this election because of all the different jurisdictions, the city council districts. it's not the right ballot type for that voter. >> voters who fall into
because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. >> reporter: president obama will hold rallies in virginia and here in cleveland, ohio, friday. his new strategy is to paint mitt romney as a man who can't be trusted. the president is also attacking romney's comment from the debate that he would stop federal funding for pbs. >> thank goodness somebody is finally cracking down on big bird....
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signed up for the right to work legally under a new obama administration policy called deferred action for childhood arrivals. the california law builds on that policy and will now allow the department of motor vehicles to issue licenses to illegal immigrants as long as they meet certain criteria. they have to have crossed the border before they were 16, have been in the u.s. continuously for the past five years, be under 30 years of age and enrolled in school or a certified training program. >> the requirements, i have to take... >> i think it's okay just because it wasn't their choice when they were brought into the country. so it's only fair for them to be able to get a driver's license. >> reporter: while some argue that california should leave immigration issues to the federal government, the law drew bipartisan support even among those opposed to illegal immigration. >> i think we should encourage people to come over here legally but we also have a lot of illegal people doing work for us. and i think punishing people for something that happened when they were a kid is improper. >
signed up for the right to work legally under a new obama administration policy called deferred action for childhood arrivals. the california law builds on that policy and will now allow the department of motor vehicles to issue licenses to illegal immigrants as long as they meet certain criteria. they have to have crossed the border before they were 16, have been in the u.s. continuously for the past five years, be under 30 years of age and enrolled in school or a certified training program....
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of -- you know, we have four years of experience of barack obama with doubling gas prices and unemployment at sustained highs. you have the experience of that. that's what the american people see. now they're going to get to hear from mitt romney, talk about his vision for the next four years to get the economy growing. they know that they've been buried. the middle class has been buried for the past four years. they know that experience. it doesn't matter how you want to spin it. the past four years, we're not better off. >> only one person who is spinning at this moment, and that would be you. but i appreciate you joining us. barbara comstock, always nice to talk with you. >> okay. thanks, soledad. >> appreciate that. you can watch the debate on cnn or go to cnn.com. other news? john berman has that for us. >>> a pennsylvania judge has temporarily blocked the key component of that identification law. voters will not have to show a state of proof photo i.d. in order to cast a ballot in the presidential election. >>> $165 million, this may sound like a steal. obama administration has decid
of -- you know, we have four years of experience of barack obama with doubling gas prices and unemployment at sustained highs. you have the experience of that. that's what the american people see. now they're going to get to hear from mitt romney, talk about his vision for the next four years to get the economy growing. they know that they've been buried. the middle class has been buried for the past four years. they know that experience. it doesn't matter how you want to spin it. the past four...
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i have been in business for 25 years and i have no idea what you are talking about. >> critics of obama stated that he took too many punches and that he did not go after mitt romney when he had the chance to. >> the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the past year and stating that he was saved $5 million in taxes. i stated that he did not know anything about that. >> i know this is going to be a worse sauce battle. we need to when colorado and that way we can take back the white house. >> next week by vice president joe biden will take the stage. kron4 will be airing it on our comcast's 193 channel or on kron 4 .com. >> cooler weather will continue into the weekend. temperatures will be even cooler in the '60s and '70s. you head into sunday's it will be more clout cover. cloudn the 2:00 hour we will see the fall all way back to the coastline. 77 in los gatos and 14 golden valley it will be 72 degrees. it will be 60s in east oakland along the coastline it will be quite cooler and the fog is expected to linger throughout the day. 69 down and redwood city and 69 in sa
i have been in business for 25 years and i have no idea what you are talking about. >> critics of obama stated that he took too many punches and that he did not go after mitt romney when he had the chance to. >> the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the past year and stating that he was saved $5 million in taxes. i stated that he did not know anything about that. >> i know this is going to be a worse sauce battle. we need to when colorado and that way we...
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for obama. i mean, the reviews of his performance are harsh. >> absolutely. i think that it was lackluster, to some degree. i will disagree with will cain when he said mitt romney had a command of the facts. he had a command of what mitt thought actually were facts. you look at the fact checkers today. and so he's not doing well in that particular area. at the end of the day is what do the folks who were watching -- what do they actually think? that's what it really boils down tochlt i do think president barack obama had some opportunities to really go at mitt romney and did not take advantage of it. he did not respond to the $716 billion lie when it came to medicare. he also did not challenge him when mitt romney talked about the issue of the banks being too big to fail. he didn't say, fine, mitt romney, do you believe -- are you going to support glass steigal? your vice presidential pick does. he allowed romney to gloss over too many things. you can't wait for the moderators to do it, mr. pres
for obama. i mean, the reviews of his performance are harsh. >> absolutely. i think that it was lackluster, to some degree. i will disagree with will cain when he said mitt romney had a command of the facts. he had a command of what mitt thought actually were facts. you look at the fact checkers today. and so he's not doing well in that particular area. at the end of the day is what do the folks who were watching -- what do they actually think? that's what it really boils down tochlt i do...
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. >> he's been selling flowers at union square for 66 years. he's not a supporter of obama but he sees what is happening on the street. >> the worst is over. >> for the president, the new numbers shift the attention away from his lackluster debate performance and on what is the biggest issue in this election. >> more americans entered the workforce and more people are getting jobs. >> he said jobs may be low wage, they may be part-time, but at least they are there. >> it's slowly coming back. it will take a couple more years. >> in presidential elections we have seen it is the direction of the economy that moves voters and there is one more reporting period before election day. the october numbers will be out november 2nd, four days before the election. in the newsroom, mark matthews, abc7 news. >> more than 500 jobs are going to be available at the next abc7 job journal hire event held at the hilton garden inn in emeryville. for more information go to our website under see it on tv. >>> new this morning, president obama and the first lady are
. >> he's been selling flowers at union square for 66 years. he's not a supporter of obama but he sees what is happening on the street. >> the worst is over. >> for the president, the new numbers shift the attention away from his lackluster debate performance and on what is the biggest issue in this election. >> more americans entered the workforce and more people are getting jobs. >> he said jobs may be low wage, they may be part-time, but at least they are there....
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years. so they are lower now than when president obama took office. so it is all about middle class security, security in your home. security in your job. and we are making progress. >> chris: but governor o'malley even at 7.8% which is what it is as of friday, no president has been reehe electricked with unemployment this high since fdr back be in 1940. no president has been elected with growth as low. it is now 1.3% for the second quarter with growth this low since they started measuring gdp growth in 1930. by historical standards, this is still a very weak recovery. >> oh, without a doubt. we still have a long way to go. and speaking of fdr, no president since fdr was left bigger job losses bigger unemployment, bigger deficits, more wars than president obama was by the failed policies of george w. bush which resulted in directly the greatest job losses since fdr. h is hot easy. in is hard -- this is not easy. this is hard work. >> we didn't hear in an hour and 20 minutes of debate anythin
years. so they are lower now than when president obama took office. so it is all about middle class security, security in your home. security in your job. and we are making progress. >> chris: but governor o'malley even at 7.8% which is what it is as of friday, no president has been reehe electricked with unemployment this high since fdr back be in 1940. no president has been elected with growth as low. it is now 1.3% for the second quarter with growth this low since they started...
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about 20 million people will lose their health care as the obama care goes into effect next year. in another. 3 million gained coverage. it will tell people all to what they will have. over the last two years health-care premiums have gone up and it has gone of slower than the past 50 years. those premiums have rearisen since 2009. >> and our political analyst jackie is here to speak about. you cannot have a off night like that what has happened with the president? i do not know what this debate was about their work to technical problems. there it was a problem for him not to check mitt romney. there were big openings for him to respond instead he'd just let it go past them. the president did not respond to a lot of things and that is what the democrats are winning florida right now. he said that not since jimmy carter faced ronald reagan that the democrats have not been embarrassingly recognize. he just did not have any energy and the debate tactics were completely wrong for the audience. for someone who has coached debates obama made some serious rookie mistakes. he did not look
about 20 million people will lose their health care as the obama care goes into effect next year. in another. 3 million gained coverage. it will tell people all to what they will have. over the last two years health-care premiums have gone up and it has gone of slower than the past 50 years. those premiums have rearisen since 2009. >> and our political analyst jackie is here to speak about. you cannot have a off night like that what has happened with the president? i do not know what this...
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the first time president obama and mitt romney have met in person in five years. tonight of course, they will share the stage in denver. a coin toss decided the order. president obama speaks first, mitt romney will have the last word. romney ran the gauntlet during the primary. he did 23 debates. the president has practiced five mock debates before tonight and it's not too late to convince voters, there's a new poll, florida and virginia virtually tied. in ohio, the president has a comfortable seven-point lead. last night, conservatives started circulating this video. a 2007 speech that then senator obama gave at hampton university, criticizing the federal response to hurricane katrina. >> people ask me whether they thought race was the reason the response was so slow. well, no, this information was color blind in its incompetence. >> in north carolina, joe biden went off script and said the middle class has been buried the last four years. this morning, they've turned a clip into a web video. >> the middle class in america is hurting. >> middle class has been bur
the first time president obama and mitt romney have met in person in five years. tonight of course, they will share the stage in denver. a coin toss decided the order. president obama speaks first, mitt romney will have the last word. romney ran the gauntlet during the primary. he did 23 debates. the president has practiced five mock debates before tonight and it's not too late to convince voters, there's a new poll, florida and virginia virtually tied. in ohio, the president has a comfortable...
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. >> president obama on the campaign trail today. now here's what mitt romney said. >> the unemployment rate, as you noted this year, has come down very, very slowly, but it's come down nonetheless. the reason it's come down this year is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. >> he went on to say the country can do better, which is about what you would expect him to say, same as you would expect president obama to say what he said. that's the way the two sides do it, year in, year out, campaign after campaign. what no one does, at least until now, is look at the numbers and suggest the fix is in. this morning jack welch did tweet, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate to change numbers. i think he presumably means the obama campaign. and conservative commentator laura ingram tweeted, another name for the labor debt's bogus 7.8% unemployment number. obama's surprise, thanks hilda. hilda solis is responsible at the bureau of statistics which puts ou
. >> president obama on the campaign trail today. now here's what mitt romney said. >> the unemployment rate, as you noted this year, has come down very, very slowly, but it's come down nonetheless. the reason it's come down this year is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. >> he went on to say the country can do better, which is about what you would expect him to say, same as you would expect president obama to say what he...